The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-29
A ROMANCE.
An Engagement Broken Off by a Young
Woman's Strange Freak.


WHidcoochee (Gd) Cor. Jesup Sentinel.
We have to give you a bit of romance
this week which has thrown our community
into the highest excitement and created
| quite a sensation here:
Joel J. Lott, an enterprising young mer-
chant Of this place, was to have been mar
ried to Miss Trudie Smith, also of this town,
| on Sunday night last week ago This was
known only to few friends of the parties.
| Mr.. Lott had been busily engaged for the
/ past eight weeks in building and arranging
| an attractive and comfortable dwelling. The
week before Mr. Lott went to Savannah for
the purpose Of furnishing his house and
returned with complete outfit of
| household furniture. On Wednesday of that
week, while Mr.. Lott was busily engaged ar
ranging for the happy event, feeling conf
dent that the consunmation of his happi-
| ness was only a question of time, the mar
riq.ye license obtained and the magistrate
who was to perform the ceremony notified, a
All Lass,tef "a young telegraph operator
from Cnettahoochee, Ga, arrived and
called on Miss Smith In a short time this
young man ana Miss Smith walked out to
go to Pine Bloom, a distance Of one mile,
under the pretense of getting an express
package, where they boarded the p. m.
east-bound train and was gone flying to
WaycrDss. This report was received here in
a few minutes and created a stirring excite
ment. A telegram from young Lassitcr
at Waycross announced that they were
0. X, and would go Immediately
to Chattahoochee He carried Miss
Smith TO the Commercial Hotel, where he
left her, and report says he fingered around
| the depot all night. Miss Smith went to
church accompanied by another young man,
and returning remained until 10 O'CLOCK a.
IN. next day, when they left for Wigham,
whore young Lassiters father resides, and
| directing him to keep her there until he
returned, went to Chattahoochce
This young lady is an orphan girl and
very much loved by Mrs Wilson, her aunt,
ard Mrs. Thompson, her cousin, with
whom She was living. They were deter
mined to know her fate. Mrs. Thompson
| followed next day, and on arriving at Wig
ham found Miss Smith at old man Lassiter's
who refused TO let her return. Leaving
their parasols, gloves, etc, they went to
| take walk. SEEING the opportunity to
escape they made dash through the woods
and striking the railroad walked ten miles TO
| Cairo where they hired horse and buggy
to take them to Thomasville. Here they re
ceived a telegram from Mr.. Lassiter, Sr.,
directing their return, but, unheeded, they
boarded the train for Albany, arriving here
at p. m. Saturday, when Miss Smith went
Immediately to Mr. Lofts room, begging
~
forced to board the train and was carried
away against her will Mr. Lott, with that
courage characteristic of noble manhood
very coolly informed her that her pleadings
were in vain, that he could not think Of COM
promising this breach of confidence; that
while it was like breaking heart-strings, he
could only say go.
4 more honest and nobler heart never
beat in The breast of mortal than palpitates
in the bosom of Joe Lott, who, true to his
vows and faithful to his obligations, spared
neither time nor money in preparing COM
Portable home for his betrothed, which was
to be his earthly paradise. But, alas he
has been terribly disappointed and his happy
anticipations blighted.
We understand that Lassiter and Miss
Smith had been engaged for some time, but
that she had broken the engagement last
Christmas, since which time they had not
met.